The Best Nest

It is adapted from the original story of The Best Nest, but great for older toddlers and preschool age kids. My son plays with it a lot and he's almost three.

I work at a world birding center and use this book with Pre-K, Kinder & 1st grade children before our discussion of nests. You can hear a pin drop! They LOVE the movable parts and the story of the birds looking for a new home is very cute, especially since everything they pick,(a mailbox, an occupied tree hollow, a church steeple) is SOOO wrong. I do add dialogue, for example when the mama bird doesn't want to live in her birdhouse anymore I'll say, "I'm ready for a change. I'm tired of this place, I want to look for something bigger, newer". You can usually hear parents laughing in the back of the room. The ending is charming with the birds returning to their original birdhouse & the children LOVE the baby bird that pops out of the egg. I also add, "I love you mama bird & daddy bird, and I LOVE my house". Usually when I'm finished, children will say..."AGAIN!!"

My daycare kids love this book. There is a scream of glee when they see it. It's a fun read. This book has a great rhythm to it. The kids sign a long when I sing Mr. Bird's song. " I love my house. I love my nest. In the all the world this nest is best." MUST HAVE BOOK! I loved this book as a child. My daughter loved and now my daycare kids love it. I disagree with the reviewer who said the book had the gender stereotypes. Come on only if mom's grumpy is it a stereotype. JMO Yes Mrs. Bird has an attitude problem in the beginning of the book but by the end Mrs. Bird is grateful for what she has.

THIS BOOK WAS BOUGHT FOR ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD. IT IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND I CAN REMEMBER TO THIS DAY THE VERSE THAT IS REPEATED IN THE BEST NEST ON MOST OF THE PAGES. "I LOVE MY HOUSE ,I LOVE MY NEST IN ALL THE WORLD MY NEST IS BEST. I AM NOW 35 AND I AM SO PLEASED I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOK TO BUY ONLINE AS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT EVERYWHERE SO THAT I CAN READ IT TOO MY KIDS AND I HOPE THEY LIKE IT AS MUCH AS I DID. ANYONE WITH SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD BUY THIS BOOK.

This book I know by heart, and I am 23 years old. My mother also knows it by heart because she had to read it to me over and over when I was a child. It was a joy to share this book with my niece and it will be a joy when I have children of my own to read this a thousand times like my mother did. I still have my old copy, and my neice has her brand new copy I bought for her on the day of her birth. It's a classic book teaching that "in all the world, this nest is best"